I got the "We hope you're making productive use ..." email too. I just smiled and said to myself "Maybe, if and when it gets here" and I left it, without reading any more.
I received another email today about some events - and I looked back at the previous email when I noticed the invitation to get a free sample of the MAX11410. After I checked out the datasheet for it, I thought I just might take them up on that.
Went to the website ... I had to register. OK. Did that using the same email address I used for the startup pack. Tried for the free sample but was rejected because the email address wasn't "business" or "educational" enough for them. While understandable, it is annoying. I can sort out a solution to this speed hump if I am so inclined - but it's just another one of those things that I couldn't be bothered doing at the moment.
However, it makes me wonder if my original startup pack request is actually going to be fulfilled.
Think I'll do what ez24 did ... forget about it - and if it does turn up, it will be a lovely surprise.